If you follow the thread all the way down (and elsewhere, e.g. HA & Fedora communities), you'll see that the author does not seem to truly hold to his own state

If you follow the thread all the way down (and elsewhere, e.g. HA & Fedora communities), you'll see that the author does not seem to truly hold to his own statement that he "cannot stop [them]", and proceeds to attempt to bully them into compliance (despite many efforts by them to come to a compromise that may suit him)